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ten on tuesday

1. This morning after we dropped the girls off at school, Bridger and I came home and started to settle into our usual morning routine. He was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (his new favorite) and I was starting laundry and clean-up. As I walked by with an armful of dirty clothes, I looked at Bridge sitting on the floor and thought about how much he's been doing that lately. He's really liking tv right now. I decided we needed to get out of the house and do something outside. And not go to a store! The poor child gets drug around way too much. So we went to the orchard.

We walked up and down rows of all kinds of vegetable goodness. I was so impressed with our little orchard! We've never gone to pick vegetables, only apples and pears... so this was different and FUN! I mostly wanted to replenish our tomatoes. We hunted and hunted for them. Bridger would shout, "I found one!" or "LOOKATTHISONE!" every few seconds. Totally into it.

There were some HUGE zucchini and cucumbers. Those two tomatoes sitting on top of the overgrown zucchini were Bridger's favorites. He held them in his little hands the whole time we were there. He really wanted to take them to the ranch for Grams.

2. When we got home, we rinsed the tomatoes and ate a few handfuls. They are sweet and delicious. I felt immediate gratitude for that orchard up the street!

3. Bridger called me into his room to show me two new tricks:

Jumping off furniture...

And an awesome jump shot...

Please ignore the fact that every toy he owns is scattered around his room. Ugh.

4. While I was at the grocery store Saturday, I picked up some little pumpkins. I sort of can't believe they're already in stores! They were too cute to pass up. I'd been wanting to copy an idea from Good Housekeeping a few years ago...ribbon pumpkins. The easiest project ever. Just hot glue a little ribbon around a pumpkin. I love a simple project!

5. Ellie and Bridger were giggling in his room after dinner. I went in to see what was so hilarious and saw them playing basketball with Tanner's t-shirts on. Tanner came in soon after and was NOT happy with them. They didn't care.

6. Ellie's hair update. It's been a week since we tried the Sleek & Shine stuff. It hasn't helped with the amount of snarly tangles we have to deal with in the morning, but it has made her hair smoother. I really notice it when we blow dry and flat iron it... but she hates to have that done. So it's looked like the above picture for a couple days. I don't think I'll do it again. It's not the miracle product we were hoping for. Boo.

7. Blogging every night makes me stay up too late. Can I make it to the end of the month? Or maybe try to blog during the day? Now there's an idea :)

8. Our favorite book right now...

We read it every night. It's cute and clever. We (mostly me... getting a little tired of the same favorite books) need some new picture books. Any suggestions?

9. Is it bad that I'm REALLY excited for our shows to start again? Parenthood (tonight!), Modern Family, Office, 30 Rock. I'm even excited for Oprah.

10. I'm going to have a couple more little tomatoes and go to bed. Earliest night this week!

Comments

I'm not sure what the hair problem is with your daughter, but have you tried Aussie 3 minute miracle conditioner? My daughter swims almost year around and she gets some pretty nasty hair. This stuff makes it extremely managable, soft and silky. I thought it was worth a mention!
Also, have you tried a loose braid at night?

i 2nd the Aussie stuff. my twins have awful hair when it is long. hence that is why it is short at the moment. can you believe i have lived in vegas almost my whole life and i've never been to the orchard? love the pumpkin idea. also have loved the everyday blogging.

Have you tried Mane n Tail conditioner for your daughter's hair. It was developed for horses originally, but they have products that are safe for humans as well. I haven't ever used it, but I know a lot of people who think that it is the best thing since sliced bread. :~)

My daughters had very tangly hair and my oldest's hair always looked dry and course like a nest on her head. My sister took us to Sally because they were running a promotion to get a free purse if you bought 3 products (and I can't say no to a free bag) and we picked up some Ion hair products. I use the Ion anti frizz solution lightweight moisture and detangling leave in conditioner. It is in a pink spray bottle. We spray that on after her showers and then blow it dry and we have not had any problems with tangles like we used to. In addition to that I use the ion silk solutions silk drops, it only takes a small amount and I smooth that on her hair after I have curled it. Her hair has started looking a lot shinier and softer, plus we don't battle with tangles anymore. The silk drops are about 9.00 but there are 3 of us who use it every day and we have only used 1/3 the bottle in 2 months. Good luck girls hair is always so much fun!!

Love your blog : ) I've been reading since the summer but never commented (sorry). Anyways, just thought I'd pop in with some book suggestions (since I just finished re-organizing my six year old's book shelf (never -ending) and some titles are fresh in my brain...A Bad Case of Stripes, any Skippy Jon Jones book (hilarious reads), Kirby Kelvin and the Not laughing Lessons (also funny), and Dinosaurs Love Underpants...maybe you already have some of these, if not enjoy! Thanks again for a great blog : )

oh and books we like in this house these days include " how do dinosaurs say goodnight" and "how do dinosaurs say i love you", Big Words, and I love the Pinkalicious book... even though I don't own it since my child is a boy, i've bought it for a few baby showers bc it is darling.

I used to do Ten on Tuesday back in the day! (meaning up until two months ago...) Love the pumpkins idea - since we move fairly often and don't have tons of storage (right now anyway) I love the idea of fall decor that you don't have to pack/put away! I plan to scatter some mini pumpkins around our home and see how long they last - hopefully awhile. But our Grant L-O-V-E-S Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - lucky for us we are 30 minutes from Disneyland too so he can see his favorite characters every so often!

We are dying over here for 30 Rock to start - Netflix has got us by, but we will be very happy when it returns. Good luck with your everyday blogging - I don't think I could ever dream of following through with that!